NGC 3968
NGC 3968
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
296 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
165k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 296 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3968 as it looked roughly 296 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 3973Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartIC 3004Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 727Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3825Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3819Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 3822Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3004Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 727Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3825Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3819Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 3822Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).